So, this is going to be a bit scattered but...okay. I've read a lot of books by this author now, and all of the characters are the same. You could change them out and no one would even notice.
A lot of the the books have people flicking each other, noses, ears, arms, etc, like it's supposed to be some sort of sign of affection? I don't know, but flicking hurts. If someone tries to flick me they're getting punched in the face.
The main girls are always told how smart/brave/strong they are but I find them all whiny, weak, and stupid. And every male love interest is either a cop or has a military background. Like, why? Why can't the woman be the detective? Because the author is sexist even while her MC's tout about how much of a feminist they are. Yeah, you can totally be a feminist and want to be protected/taken care of, but when you SO is yelling at you for getting into "danger", saying he "forbids" you to do something, is going to "punish" you later, after screaming at you for your "disobedience", then you're a feminist in an abusive relationship.
Also, the guys all talk like "I need you to be safe." "I need you to stay here." "What were you thinking, I can't lose you."...they're all so selfish and only think about themselves, but the girls are like that too so I guess they're perfect matches that way because instead of saying "I'm doing what I feel is necessary, if you don't like it, there's the door." they try to distract them with sex and bacon and whine whenever they don't get their way.
Also, I hate when the girl is upset about something and they guy is all in her face about it. "Don't shut me out", "You have to talk to me." "We have to comminucate" "Why are you acting this way." "Talk to meeeeeee" And I'm like, "Give her some space, _________"! They would be so dumped if someone tried that with me.
Okay, that's a whole rant about all of the characters/series by this author. This book is frustrating me also because of the inconsistency. Specifically, in the first book, Hadley says she inherited money along with the lighthouse she said "Not buy a yatch money, but rent one every weekend money." Which, means it's a lot of money. And this was only a couple of months ago in the story. And now in this book she says she has less than $2k and is "dirt poor". So frustrating. Adding onto that, in one of the previous books she is told that the lighthouse is worth millions, but when her bf mentions that in this book she's all shocked, like she didn't know.
The continuity issues are a thing in every series with this author and it's really frustating. I would be mortified if I messed up just a little bit, I can't help but think the author just doesn't care because she messes up so freaking much and that makes me sad.
That being said, I will probably keep reading for now because I am curious how all the series are going to tie together, I like the side characters and the magic, and I like complaining.